Friday, May 4, 2018

Jagannatha Mutt, Srirangam, Trichy

Jagannatha Mutt, Srirangam, Trichy

Jagannatha
Mutt is Hindu ascetic institution located in Srirangam Town in Trichy District
of Tamilnadu. This mutt is situated in North Chitra Street in Srirangam Town.
This is a beautiful little temple which marks the place where Sri Chaitanya
spent the four months of the rainy season in 1510. The temple has many
paintings depicting Sri Chaitanya’s pastimes at Srirangam. In the center hall
of the temple, there is a diorama of Sri Chaitanya and a deity of Lord Jagannatha.
This temple, situated in the northwest corner of the sixth enclosure, is a
ten-minute walk from the main entrance of the Srirangam Temple.

Within
the inner shrine of the Jagannatha Mutt are the Deities of Lord Jagannatha
(Lord Krishna), Lord Baladeva (Lord Balarama, Krishna's brother) and Lady
Subhadra (Krishna's sister). These Deities are said to have been carved by Sri Chaitanya
himself while he was staying at Venkatta Bhatta's house and so strongly felt the
separation for Lord Jagannatha that he formed his own Deities to worship.
Descendants of Venkatta Bhatta are still living in Srirangam. About 100 meters
from the south gopuram of the Srirangam Temple, there is a small temple
that contains the footprints of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.